Dry rigs

Dry rigs and leader formulas, each with the cut list, the knots and their turns, and the tying time.

  • A short, stiff 7-foot (84 inch) leader for 4-7 wt lines. It steps from an 11 inch .021 butt through .019, .017, .015, .013, .011 and .009 to 16 inches of 3X at .008. The heavy butt and short length turn over bushy dries, hoppers, small streamers and other wind-resistant flies with accuracy.

    Total length7' 0"
    TechniqueDry
    Knots8
    Time to tie6min
    BBy Barbless
  • A George Harvey dry fly leader, 11 feet long, built in 7 sections of Maxima. It runs from a .015" butt down to 30 inches of .006" (5X) tippet. Harvey designed the long, soft tip to land in slack curves rather than straight, so a single dry fly drifts naturally without drag. It is made for selective trout rising to small dry flies. A 4X variation is covered in the questions below.

    Total length11' 0"
    TechniqueDry
    Knots7
    Time to tie4min
    BBy Barbless